Cooperative Agreement NA10NMF4380330

This Project Grant award from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation, under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507), provides $2,353,839.57 to the Clallam Conservation District to improve instream flows in the Dungeness River in northwest Washington. The key products and services delivered through this funding include: 1) Piping 11,500 feet of open irrigation ditches to reduce water conveyance losses by approximately 533...

The Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded Clallam County, WA a $2,434,622 Project Grant under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA No. 15.507) to implement a water conservation and diversion improvement project. The project will pipe 2,900 feet of an open canal, install an automated headgate at the intake, and upgrade a flow control structure to allow for responsive management based on water demand. The project will also...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $1,250,000 Cooperative Agreement through the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) to Trout Unlimited, Inc. to work with the Jones Shotwell Ditch Company in Wenatchee, WA. The project will replace an open earthen irrigation ditch with a pressurized pipe system and upgrade the associated pump station. This will improve water and energy use efficiency, enhance instream flows in 6.5 miles of the lower Wenatchee River by up to 15 cubic feet per...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) will fund the replacement of a diversion dam on Libby Creek in Washington state with a roughened channel to improve fish passage and restore ecological function. The $336,553 award to the Cascade Columbia Fisheries Enhancement Group, doing business as Cascade Fisheries, will remove the existing 45-foot rock dam that currently acts as a...

The Dungeness River Audubon Center will update three of its exhibit areas under a $102,562 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' (IMLS) Museums for America (MFA) program. The Center will design, fabricate, and install new salmon, watershed map, and children's discovery exhibits. It will engage local experts to create scientifically accurate displays illustrating the Dungeness River watershed's trails, villages, and restoration sites. The updated exhibits will better...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1 under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) provides $740,000.00 to the Long Tom Watershed Council, a non-profit organization, to remove the Monroe Drop Structure, a 9-foot tall low head dam on the Long Tom River that blocks upstream passage for endangered Upper Willamette River spring Chinook salmon and other migratory fish. The project will restore 15 miles of mainstem and...

The Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $4,884,753 Project Grant under the Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration Program (CFDA 15.580) to the State of Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW). The grant will fund the restoration of fish passage in the North Fork Klaskanine River by providing a fish passage structure at the Ogee Dam. This project builds upon previous efforts to remove one dam and install a fish passage structure at another dam, and will provide access to...

The Squaxin Island Tribe was awarded a $12,874,780 Cooperative Agreement under the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Habitat Conservation program (CFDA 11.463) to remove the 5th Avenue Dam and restore the Deschutes River estuary. This project aims to create significant habitat to support the recovery of threatened Puget Sound Chinook salmon. The award will also build the Tribe's capacity to expand their barrier removal efforts and engagement in salmon recovery planning...

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $1,188,663 Project Grant under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) Federal Grant Program (CFDA 15.507) to Chelan County, Washington to complete the study and design of a comprehensive restoration project for Peshastin Creek. The project will relocate and reconnect the creek channel with its historic floodplain and construct two highway bridges across the rerouted waterway. Key project...

This Project Grant from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation, under the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act (CFDA 15.517) program, provides $21.6 million to the City of Yakima, Washington to remove Nelson Dam and construct several new elements improving fish passage, flood conveyance, sediment transport, and water delivery systems along the Naches River. Key deliverables include constructing a roughened channel, concrete sluiceway, and floodplain approach channel to naturalize...